Of Mice and Men first-draft fragment torn up by Steinbeck’s dog goes to auction

Graham Greene was ‘ready to go to jail for Lolita’, says Véra Nabokov’s diary

Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says

Cassidy Hutchinson says Republicans face ‘make-or-break’ moment on Trump

‘Rather devastating’: how the New York Times came to terms with Aids

The White Review literary magazine ceases publishing

Top Trump aide burned so many papers wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says

Cartoonists create colouring book for refugees in rebuff to UK government

Northern Ireland libraries can no longer afford to buy books

Truman Capote story discovered in notebook published by Strand magazine

Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist

New guidelines urge UK libraries not to avoid controversial books and ideas

George RR Martin and John Grisham among group of authors suing OpenAI

Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns

Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders

Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her on January 6

Trump and Meadows joked about Covid on plane after Biden debate, book says

US book bans and attempted bans rise as efforts extend to public libraries

Rupert Murdoch often wishes Donald Trump dead, Michael Wolff book says

Rupert Murdoch thought $787.5m Dominion suit would cost Fox $50m, Michael Wolff book says

‘Chilling’: Ariana Grande, Amanda Gorman and others sign letter against book bans

Russell Brand publisher pauses all future books with comedian

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner apologizes for disparaging Black and female artists

‘Used as dartboards’: rare British war comic art rescued from bins, skips and floods

A smoking quill? Notes in Bible margin could be handwriting of the Venerable Bede

Four large US publishers sue ‘shadow library’ for alleged copyright infringement

Wainwright prize for nature writing won by ‘unparalleled’ river memoir

Kazuo Ishiguro song lyrics collection to be published

Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows

Charity launches award and database to encourage diversity in children’s books

Blessed are the cheesemakers: University of Leeds acquires oldest surviving book about British cheese

‘The most fun!’ Paul Simon unveils collaboration with The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse illustrator

Christine Blasey Ford to release memoir detailing Kavanaugh testimony

‘Authoritarian regimes ban books’: Democrats raise alarm at Senate hearing

Big Panda author using proceeds to set up animal sanctuary in Swansea

Elon Musk biographer admits suggestion SpaceX head blocked Ukraine drone attack was wrong

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography

‘Only the great writers are misquoted’: Dublin marathon medal has wrong Yeats quote

Rudy Giuliani ‘mob scene’ turned Elon Musk off seeking advice, new book says

Self-publishers must declare if content sold on Amazon’s site is AI-generated

Agatha Christie statue takes seat on bench in Oxfordshire town

‘It’s a sickness’: Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the ‘madness’ of US gun culture

Uncorrected Harry Potter proof found at primary school sold in ‘fairytale’ auction

‘Provocative’ new book to showcase four decades of Hilary Mantel’s work

Sarah Holland-Batt wins $25,000 top prize at Queensland literary awards

Slavery, revolution and war: Baillie Gifford prize longlist highlights history

Edith Grossman, acclaimed translator, dies at 87

Professor Hakim Adi shortlisted for prestigious Wolfson award

Ernest Hemingway letter about surviving plane crashes sold for $237,055

More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals

Revealed: how Hitchhiker’s Guide author predicted rise of ebooks 30 years ago

Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russian ambassador to awards

Virginia library at risk after rightwing push to defund it over LGBTQ+ books

Family of poet Gboyega Odubanjo launch fundraiser to start foundation

Roald Dahl’s works shouldn’t be edited, says Wes Anderson

Society of Authors calls use of bad reviews for book blurbs ‘morally questionable’